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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia

Total No. Of Countries

329
0 46
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National Language

France
Austria

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.

Similar To

Italian Language
Serbain and Bosnian

Derived From

Latin
Church Slavonic

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2630
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2025
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
bok

Thank You

Merci
hvala

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
kako si

Good Night

bonne Nuit
laku noć

Good Evening

bonsoir
dobra večer

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
dobar dan

Good Morning

Bonjour
dobro jutro

Please

S'il vous plaît
molim

Sorry

désolé
Oprostite

Bye

au revoir
Doviđenja

I Love You

Je t'aime
Volim te

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Ispričavam se

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Chakavian

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Croatia

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00660,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Chakavian

Where They Speak

Africa
Croatia

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.005,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Shtokavian

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2579
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million89.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %89.00 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million5.60 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million1.25 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
hrvatski

Alternative Names

Français
Hrvatski

French Name

français
croate

German Name

Französisch
Kroatisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]

Ethnicity

French people
Croats

History

Origin

9th Century
9th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian

Language Position

1323
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Croatian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
hr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
hrv

ISO 639 2/B

fre
hrv

ISO 639 3

fra
hrv

ISO 639 6

fras
hrv

Glottocode

stan1290
croa1245

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
part of 53-AAA-g

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

French and Croatian Alphabets

French and Croatian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Croatian. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Croatian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn French and Croatian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Croatian languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Croatian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Croatian are Most Spoken Languages.

All French and Croatian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all French and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of French and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

French and Croatian Speaking population

French and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak French and Croatian on French vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Croatian Language Codes

French and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.